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with/es s e/ s PATEN-TED DEC. 22,4903. J. LONGBOTTOM.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LONGBOTTOM, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 747,449, datedDecember 22, 1903. Application filed March 23, 1903. Serial No.1A9.05'3. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHNLONGBOTTOM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,haveinvented newand useful Improvements in Bicycle-Supports, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a bicycle-support, the object of the inventionbeing to hold the bicycle in an upright position when the same is not inuse.

The inventionconsists of a brace adapted to be inserted between twoadjacent portions of a bicycle-frame, having projections upon one facethereof which are adapted to engage said frame and hold the bicycle inan upright position.

The invention again consists of means attached to said brace to fastenthe same to the frame of a bicycle when the bicycle is in use.

The invention finally consists in the combination and arrangement ofparts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointedout in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bicyclewith my improved support attached thereto in the position occupied bysaid support when the bicycle is in use.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1-

with the support in the properposition to hold the bicycle in an uprightposition. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section taken on line 3 3 of Fig.1, showing the position of the bicycle-support between the rear stays ofthe bicycleframe. Fig. 4 is a front and side elevation of my improvedbicycle-support in detail.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, Sis a bicycle of well-known construction; 9 10, therear stays of the frame of said bicycle; 11, the upright; .12, the rearforks, and 13 the crank-hanger.

My improved bicycle-support consists of a brace 14, having a series ofprojections 15 15 fast to-one face thereof and another series ofprojections 16 l6 fast to the opposite face of said brace from that towhich the projections 15 15 are attached. At one end of the brace 14. isfastened a screw-eye 17, through which an elastic loop-cord 18 ispassed. When the bicycle isin use, the brace is attached thereto by theelastic loop-cord 18, said brace being placed between the rear stays 9and 10, and the elastic loop-cord, passing upwardly therefrom, isstretched over the saddle 19 and encircles the saddle-post 20, as shownin Fig. 1,

the brace 14 hanging between the rear stays .9 and 10, as illustrated inFigs. 1 and 3.

When the bicycle is not in use and it is desired to support the same inan upright position, the brace 14 is pulled downwardly from the positionshown in Fig. 1 and tipped at an angle, as shown in Fig. 2, with one ofthe projections 15 resting above and another of said projections 15below the rear stay 9 and with one of the projections 16 resting aboveand another projection 16 below the rear stay 10. It will be seen inFig. 2 that the brace 14. is thus prevented from slipping upwardlythrough the space between the rear stays 9 and 10, the lower end of saidbrace resting against the ground and forming as a whole a support whichholds the bicycle in an upright position when not in use.

The advantages of my improved bicyclesupport reside in the fact that itis extremely simple, strong, inexpensive, and very easily attached tothe wheel. It is always in read iness for use andprovides a practicaland convenient attachment for the purpose specified. While I have shownand described projections upon opposite faces of the brace 14., it isevident that said brace may have projections upon one face only thereofwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim,and desire by LettersPatent to secure, 1s

1. A support for a bicycle comprising a brace adapted to be insertedbetween the rear stays of the frame of said bicycle and havingprojections upon one face thereof constructed to engage the under sideof one of said rear stays and hold said bicycle in an upright position.

2. A support for a bicycle comprising a brace formed of one piece ofmaterial, adapted to be inserted between the rear stays of the frame ofsaid bicycle and having projections upon one face thereof constructed toengage the under side of one of said rear stays and hold said bicycle inan upright position.

3. A support for a bicycle comprising a brace of substantially the samecross-section throughout its length, adapted to be inserted between therear stays of the frame of said bicycle and having projections upon oneface constructed to engage the rear stays of the frame of said bicycle.

4. A support for a bicycle comprising a brace having projections uponopposite faces thereof adapted to engage, respectively, the under andupper sides of the frame of said bicycle.

5. A support for a bicycle comprising a brace adapted to be insertedbetween the rear stays of the frame of said bicycle and having a seriesof projections upon opposite faces thereof, each of said series ofprojections

